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How can tutoring help you prepare for the DAT?

If you have set your sights on matriculating in dental school, you will need to succeed on the Dental Admission Test (DAT) in order to impress schools with your stellar scores. Pre-dental students often take course loads full of biology, chemistry, and math courses. The DAT tests material from many of these subjects, and students may assume that they won't have to study excessively in order to be fully prepared. Succeeding in science and math classes, however, doesn't necessarily mean that one is prepared to do well on this exam. There are numerous aspects of the DAT that make focused review necessary for success, so that's where a DAT tutor can help.

To prepare for the DAT efficiently, students need to identify which subjects and topics they most need to review, and focus their attention on these key areas. For example, you may be an expert at evolutionary biology, but need help reviewing how to match graphs of different trigonometric functions with their equations. Finding effective, targeted methods to review material can pose a challenge. Preparation books and group-based review courses often don't fit the bill. They may not be able to help you identify the weak areas in your understanding, and the instruction they provide is one-size-fits-all and can't be custom tailored to address your specific strengths and weaknesses. If you want to review the concepts you need to work on with a knowledgeable tutor who has succeeded on this exam, personal DAT tutoring may be just what you need to bring structure and efficiency to your test prep.

One-on-one instruction is provided by experienced tutors who know all of the details of the DAT and have the teaching skills to clarify its most convoluted concepts. Your instructor can create customized lesson plans for your tutoring sessions that target the concepts you struggle with. Because of the individualized nature of DAT tutoring, you can have your instructor's full attention and devote as much time to mastering a given topic as is needed before moving on to another one.

Not only does your DAT tutor offer targeted, individualized instruction, but they also track your progress along the way, moving from where you begin and fine tuning their lessons based on how you do. Some topics might take longer than others to learn, but that is fine since your instructor works on your terms. Scheduling is another challenge your tutor will address. Lessons can be planned around other classes and even employment; your tutor will meet during evenings or weekends, at the place you are most comfortable with. You can be tutored in person at home, a library, or any other convenient, quiet location -- it may even be possible to connect face-to-face online for lessons, assignments, and feedback.

With a standardized test such as the DAT, it is extremely important to not just be familiar with the material, but the test format as well. Practice tests can help, but are not the only practice materials and strategies you should be focusing on. The DAT lasts for four hours and thirty minutes. Any uncertainties or lack of confidence, therefore, could really have serious impacts on your performance and nerves. There are four sections on the test; these include survey of the natural sciences, perceptual ability, reading comprehension, and quantitative reasoning, with math questions similar to the SAT. You'll encounter questions on chemistry, plus three-dimensional manipulation, spatial reasoning, algebra, trigonometric identities, and reading passages. The test is always changing and your DAT tutor is up to date on everything you need to maximize your chances of success.

Contact Varsity Tutors educational directors in your area to learn more about personalized one-on-one DAT tutoring, or to begin scheduling your first session!

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"We studied for an exemptions exam. It was a lot of material, but the student was a trooper and kept with it the whole time. She was able understand the key points of the material in the very short amount of time we had."

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"We discussed objectives for tutoring and which aspects of the test they prefer to focus on. They will work on vocabulary on their own time. In sessions, we will focus on time management in the verbal section, as well as strategies for making the questions more manageable. In particular, we worked on skimming reading comprehension sections, search strategies in long text sections, and the importance of commas, colons and semicolons in understanding vocabulary questions. "

"The student and I worked through the sample problem set given by his professor. We discussed how to use the Thanksgiving break most wisely. We also went over his outline and improved upon it at key points. "

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"We went through the complete science section of the exam to identify areas where the student most needs to focus his efforts. His scores were substantially higher than his previous averages, but we were discussing the questions as we went, so they may not be indicative of his current individual preparedness. His main area of weakness is cellular and developmental biology, followed by general chemistry at large. He will continue to review the material individually and take more practice tests."

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"The student and I did a one-hour session where we reviewed trigonometry. We then did a one-hour session where we reviewed ecology and evolution. She said she would do some problems on her own from resources I suggested. "

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"Biology: Biologic chemistry, proteins, carbs, lipids. Gen Chem: Dipoles, basics. OChem: Basics, nomenclature.
Student seemed comfortable, but it was the first lesson. I assigned a good amount of work for the interim including HW and further reading. No concerns. "

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"Since this was our first session, the student and I talked about her history with standardized tests, and her issues with writing. She suggested that she thinks the problems may be with grammar rather than content, so I asked to see some writing samples so we could isolate her strengths and weaknesses.
We also opened a practice test the student had purchased. We discussed pre-writing strategies and the importance of taking good notes on the readings. We prepped for the first question by reading the two passages and taking notes. I asked her to try to write as many of the three essays she was able to, so we could go over them together during our next session.
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"I was able to sit down with the student and review his results. Although he did exceptionally well in the Geometry and Data Analysis portions, the Algebra was what held him back. We started a full review of the Algebra portion of the test. My goal is to be completed with the review come the end of our next session so that we have a week to review and prepare."

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"In today's tutoring session, the student and I went over a wide variety of different topics. We first went over general chemistry, talking about thermodynamics, reaction rates, catalysts, half lives, and colligative properties. We then went over mathematics and focused primarily on trigonometry. I felt that the student has improved greatly with her chemistry since the days of our first tutoring session. As for assignments, I wanted the student to go over some of the questions that we did during our tutoring session today."

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"We went over assessment test materials and set a schedule for the student to follow for her studying. To start, we plan to meet twice a week for one hour each time instead of three times a week for two hours. Our next session is for Monday for 1 hour. "

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"We covered all aspects of preparation for the student's upcoming test, breaking the session into two parts. First, we worked on and discussed strategies for the essay writing portion, and for dealing with different kinds of prompts. Second, we did a few sentence-completion exercises from a test prep book, and worked on ways to approach these questions for best results. "

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"We reviewed the student's 85 page thesis on his Non-Profit Organization. He and I reviewed all of the pages to see where the Reference citations needed to be made, and I got a clear understanding through our communication on what he needed. It was a very good first session, and he needs to identify the correct reference and citations that must be made and go over them in our next session, which is Sunday morning."